The White Station Spartans defeated the East High School Mustangs, 73-60, at the Spartan Palace Tuesday night in high school basketball play. However, that was not the story of the night. Nor was the fact that East suffered their second game in as many nights, having been upended by the Bartlett Panthers, 77-73, the previous evening at home.

The story on this night was the health of their rising sophomore star, forward Nick King (#5).